Word: hatched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coming into the - weather mark on a starboard tack and bearing off to port. The foredeck chief and crew will hoist the spinnaker pole. The bow man jumps into the forward hatch and hooks in the guy, sheet and halyard to the spinnaker. As we round the mark, the foredeck crew hoists the spinnaker and lets down the jib. The navigator holds the jib on an auxiliary sheet as the port tailer releases the jib sheet. The port tailer is then free to take in the spinnaker sheet while the other tailer takes in the after guy. Then...
...Williams discovered the insecticide two years ago in the pulp of American newspapers and paper toweling. It stops the bug from reaching maturity and kills louse eggs before they can hatch...
...insurance against further delays, NASA has undertaken $75 million worth of common-sense improvements since the Apollo fire. The astronauts' space suits have been made fireproof, flammable substance in the capsule has been replaced with fire-resistant material wherever possible, and a new escape hatch has been designed that opens in three seconds (v. 90 in the old model). Loose wiring, the likeliest cause of the tragedy, has been encased in metal. Despite the fire hazards, NASA decided to retain the relatively simple atmospheric system that feeds pure oxygen to the astronauts while in orbit, rather than switch...
...Atwood said that many of his company's troubles resulted from the "rapid buildup in manpower" required for the mammoth Apollo undertaking. By general agreement, the on-the-ground fire that killed three U.S. astronauts was caused by defective wiring; the astronauts were trapped inside because their escape hatch required at least 90 seconds to open. In the works, said Atwood, are improved wiring techniques and a space hatch that opens in less than five seconds...
Approximately five minutes after the first cry of "Fire in the cockpit!"-believed to have come from Chaffee-technicians finally got the escape hatch open. Space Center Fireman James A. Burch grabbed a flashlight and leaned into the charred cabin. "I shined the light completely around inside the capsule," he said, "and I couldn't see anything except burnt wires hanging down. I told the man on the headset, There's no one in there.' He said, 'There has to be. They are still in there. Get them out.'" Burch returned to the cabin, only...